Better sleep: how I finally started sleeping better without sleeping more

We all know that sleep is important. If you don’t get enough sleep, it impairs your mental ability, your ability to learn and remember things, it affects your mood and your body’s metabolism and immune system. About half of the clients I work with have questions about sleep and I’ve had my share of sleep issues too. Today, I’ll share 5 things that I’ve learned about sleep that have helped me to sleep better and to feel more energized during the day without actually sleeping more hours. Number 4 might surprise you!

What makes a habit good or bad?

It can be really frustrating when you’re trying to get rid of a bad habit but you just can’t seem to shake it. It’s really normal to feel frustrated or guilty because it’s really hard to break a 'bad habit’. What makes a habit good or bad? In this blog, we'll talk about good vs bad habits from the brain's perspective.

How you become more accepting of yourself when you stop comparing

Melinda became more accepting of herself when she stopped comparing herself to others. Here, she shares what has changed for her a year after the coaching program.

How your natural advantage increases your confidence by showing you your top one strength

Melinda's confidence to serve her clients well with her beauty and make-up business increased by 40% after her natural advantage showed her her top one strength

What is a habit anyway?

What is a habit anyway? As I began to explore the topic of habits, I realized that I really didn’t understand what habits are as well as I thought I did. I had a lot of questions, as I imagine you have too. I’m going to explore these questions and share with you some of the research and my perspective on how habits can help us to live happier and healthier lives. In this blog we talk about the elephant in the room: what is a habit anyway?

Everything you need to know about introvert hangover

I used to think that I was just 'low energy' or maybe just a little bit sickly. When I heard about introversion, a lot of things suddenly made sense. When I heard about the introvert hangover, a lot more things suddenly made sense 😆 A lot of introverts have experienced introvert hangover without realizing what was happening or why. Maybe you’ve never heard of the introvert hangover or maybe you have experienced it before and you want some insights on how to deal with it. Read this blog if you want to know what introvert hangover is, the science behind it, and how to prevent it or recover from it.

3 easy habits that helped me to read one book a week

Loads of my introverted friends are booklovers. It’s one of the activities that recharges a lot of introverts and helps them to learn about new topics and feel inspired. Growing up, you could always find me with a book and it's one of the activities that I still make time for and truly enjoy. If you’re looking for a way to get (back) into reading but can’t find the time, then this might help. Here are 3 habits (+ one bonus) that helped me to read one book a week

Potato hell

What started with one moldy potato turned into long boney potato root fingers trying to claw their way out and it’s now become a full stench of potato in various states of decomposition. This didn’t happen over the span of a couple of days either. Nope. It easily took a couple of months to get here. Every day I thought: I’ll get to it later. I’m busy. Ugh, I’m exhausted… and I’d quickly close the cupboard door. At first, the reasons were certainly valid. I was busy that day. And I was exhausted the day after. But it quickly turned into active procrastination.

Proposals and expectations

Any perfectionists in the room…? ✋

I’m writing to you from my couch today. It’s 12.30 pm and I’m done working (after this email) and celebrating! My new website is up and running 🥳 Also, there are at least 10 things I still want to change… It wasn’t too long ago that any one of those 10 things would have stopped me from publishing the website. “It’s not finished yet.” “The blog section only has 1 article.” “Also, the background of the blog post needs to be white.” Any perfectionists in the room…? ✋